Here's a way to let your outdoor garden benefit from excess craft materials. By gluing mirrors to fishing line you can add a sparkling New Age touch to trees. The multiple mirrors will flicker as they reflect light. It's best to make several strands for a brighter effect and arrange them in clusters.

Mirror pieces are available at any home-improvement or craft store.

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Garden Mirror Strings

Supplies:

* 15-20 small mirror pieces (1 inch wide) or 10 larger mirrors (2 to 3 inches wide)

* Fishing line or thin decorative ribbon

* hot glue

* Thin colored ribbon

Directions: Cut a 14- to 16-inch piece of fishing line. Tie a loop at the top large enough to fit over a tree branch. Apply a dollop of glue to the back of one of the mirror pieces and lay flat, glue side up. Place the fishing line on top. Press another mirror on top, so that the line is sandwiched between the two mirrors. Continue until you have several in a row. Take several strands of ribbon and tie them to the bottom of the string for color.

Tip: If you use smaller mirrors you can fit a row of eight to 10, or for larger mirrors you can fit one to two. For more color, replace fishing line with decorative ribbon or trim.


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